Programme

16.30 – 17.15 Panel 1Chaired by Ben Campkin (Director, UCL Urban Laboratory).What are the key drivers for university development? How can spatial development plans balance academic and real estate priorities, while also contributing to urban renewal ‘beyond the red line’, and how do designers act as mediators in that process?

Computer-generated view of Newcastle Science Central: a partnership between Newcastle University and the city council. Render courtesy of Hawkins\Brown.

Beyond the red line: how are universities re-imagining cities and urban communities through their spatial development plans?

26 January 2016

Bob AlliesArchitect and founding partner, Allies and Morrison: masterplan co-ordinator and design leadership on Legacy Masterplan for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and legacy neighbourhoods, lead architects on Olympicopolis design team, and architects of many university development projects, including the recent Masterplan Framework for University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Allies and Morrison also developed the Brixton SPD (Supplementary Planning Document) to London Borough of Lambeth’s Future Brixton Masterplan.

Ray Hudson Professor of Geography and Deputy-Vice-Chancellor, Durham University, former Director of the Wolfson Research Institute

at Queen’s Campus, Stockton, and co-director of FUSE (North-East Centre of Excellence of Translational Research in Public Health). Professor Hudson is also a Trustee and Board Member of the County Durham Community Foundation and a Board Member of the County Durham Partnership.

Sabine Coady-SchaebitzFounding Director of Collaborative Centre for Built Environment, University of Northampton, and lead on the CCBE’s University Town Northampton project to anticipate and explore the impact of the university’s relocation to a new waterside campus near the town centre. An architect trained in Germany, and previously founding Course Director for Architecture at Coventry University.

18.15 – 19.00 Q & A and full panel discussion

19.00 Drinks and print launch of UCL Urban Laboratory’s Case Studies in University-led Urban Regeneration report.Download a PDF version of the case studies on the UCL Urban Laboratory website: www.ucl.ac.uk/urbanlab/research/university-regeneration

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Martin SummersgillProject Director, UCL East, UCL Estates; previously Director of Masterplanning and Development at Imperial College London. A qualifed and registered architect, Martin Summersgill has also held roles as Design Director for the BAA group of airports including the new Heathrow Terminal 2 project, and Senior Design Manager for Jubilee Place, Canary Wharf.

17.15 – 17.30 Q & A

17.30 – 18.15 Panel 2Chaired by Clare Melhuish (Senior Research Associate and Co-Director, UCL Urban Laboratory).How can universities most effectively communicate their visions for development, and forge successful partnerships with urban stakeholders and communities to realise wider social benefits and develop models for inclusive urbanism that prioritise local needs in conjunction with global reach?

Brad CarrollDirector and co-founder, Brixton Green, partner with Lambeth Council and Ovalhouse Theatre on the community-led Somerleyton Road regeneration project, Brixton, south London. A local resident and business-owner in Brixton, he also served on the National Community Land Trust Supervisory Board.

Stephanie GlendinningProfessor of Civil Engineering, University of Newcastle: academic project lead/ Project Amabassador, Newcastle Science Central; pioneering concept of Living Laboratory for sustainability research.

Andrew KarvonenLecturer in Architecture and Urbanism, University of Manchester; co-director of cities@manchester; and Co-Principle Investigator of University Living Lab for Sustainability, a platform for constructive campus-based collaboration between researchers and Estates at the University, including the £1bn relocation of North Campus

Kim TownsendPublic Engagement Coordinator (East), UCL Public and Cultural Engagement (PACE); previously Community Outreach Manager at Media Trust, a national infrastructure charity that provides media and communications support to other charities, and Radio Production Tutor at Brixton Prison.